New Zealand Gazette – 1915 – No. 89

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✨ Bank Financial Statements

STATEMENT of the LIABILITIES and ASSETS of the undermentioned BANKS in the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND for the QUARTER ended 30th JUNE, 1915.

LIABILITIES.

BANKS.	Notes in Circulation.	Bills in Circulation.	Balances due to other Banks.	Deposits.			Total Liabilities.
	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	Government.	Not bearing Interest.	Bearing Interest.	£ s. d.
Bank of New Zealand .. ..	1,591,111 0 5	53,078 0 4	45,526 2 9	3,075,251 5 1	8,090,557 3 5	5,674,964 6 3	18,530,487 18 3
Union Bank of Australia, Limited .. ..	246,439 0 0	10,914 0 0	4,465 0 0	..	2,555,147 0 0	1,358,933 0 0	4,175,898 0 0
Bank of New South Wales .. ..	274,220 13 1	8,238 3 7	10,883 2 2	..	2,163,953 2 0	1,745,364 18 8	4,202,659 19 6
Bank of Australasia .. ..	218,669 17 0	16,355 3 10	..	..	1,888,037 6 0	696,354 9 11	2,819,416 16 9
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited ..	464,900 0 0	9,384 0 0	12,948 0 0	..	2,611,593 0 0	1,717,252 0 0	4,816,077 0 0
The Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited ..	29,561 6 3	972 11 7	..	..	127,092 3 0	15,907 0 8	173,533 1 6
Totals .. ..	2,824,901 16 9	98,941 19 4	73,822 4 11	3,075,251 5 1	17,436,379 14 5	11,208,775 15 6	34,718,072 16 0

ASSETS.

BANKS.	Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined Metals.	Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars.	Notes and Bills of other Banks.	Balances due from other Banks.	Landed Property.	Notes and Bills discounted.	Colonial Government Securities.	Other Funded Securities.	Debts due to Bank, exclusive of Debts abandoned as bad.	Securities not included under other Heads.	Total Assets.
	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Bank of New Zealand .. ..	3,102,590 14 10	129,634 4 3	127,542 14 5	7,488 8 0	148,369 5 4	810,022 11 7	698,113 6 2	..	9,174,664 18 3	464,988 16 9	14,663,414 19 7
Union Bank of Australia, Limited	814,374 0 0	701 0 0	53,013 0 0	1,480 0 0	51,600 0 0	139,907 0 0	..	..	3,858,067 0 0	101,702 0 0	5,020,844 0 0
Bank of New South Wales .. ..	738,796 4 5	12,212 2 3	4,957 10 9	36,767 15 7	138,147 12 10	108,748 11 5	167,705 19 0	..	2,965,760 15 7	91,154 8 7	4,264,431 0 5
Bank of Australasia .. ..	813,527 15 11	684 0 0	31,547 6 1	..	14,817 11 0	152,765 13 7	..	..	2,737,557 3 1	5,542 2 8	3,756,441 12 4
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited	785,746 0 0	269,803 0 0	61,099 0 0	260,874 0 0	172,714 0 0	224,081 0 0	40,000 0 0	..	3,164,508 0 0	11,486 0 0	4,990,311 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited	81,891 4 10	..	8,944 17 6	..	26,807 13 10	5,904 6 0	..	..	81,588 14 1	121 17 2	205,258 13 5
Totals .. ..	6,336,926 0 0	413,034 6 6	287,104 8 9	306,610 3 7	552,456 3 0	1,441,429 2 7	905,819 5 2	..	21,982,146 11 0	674,995 5 2	32,900,521 5 9

CAPITAL AND PROFITS.

BANKS.	Capital paid up.	Rate per Annum of Last Dividend.	Amount of Last Dividend declared.	Amount of Reserved Profits at Time of declaring such Dividend.
	£		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Bank of New Zealand—
4-per-cent. stock guaranteed by the Government of N.Z. ..	529,988	..	..	2,057,170 0 0
“A” Preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New Zealand Act, 1903	500,000	On “A” Preference shares, ten per cent. per annum..	87,500 0 0	..
“B” Preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New Zealand Act, 1913	250,000	On “B” Preference shares and ordinary shares (twelve per cent. per annum, and bonus three per cent. per annum on ordinary shares), fifteen per cent. per annum	141,959 0 0	..
Ordinary shares .. ..	984,371	..	..	..
Union Bank of Australia, Limited .. ..	2,000,000	Ten per cent. per annum, and two per cent. bonus for half-year, together equal to fourteen per cent. per annum	140,000 0 0	2,171,460 0 0
Bank of New South Wales .. ..	3,500,000	Ten per cent. per annum ..	175,000 0 0	2,550,000 0 0
Bank of Australasia .. ..	2,000,000	Fourteen per cent. per annum, and bonus seventeen shillings per share, equal seventeen per cent. per annum	170,000 0 0	2,844,500 0 0
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited .. ..	750,000	Twelve per cent. per annum for half-year ..	45,000 0 0	765,817 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited—
Ordinary .. ..	95,659	..	..	..
Preference .. ..	2,117,350	Four per cent. per annum (preference only) ..	42,347 0 0	7,649 13 1